Watch.



PATENTED FEB. 5, 1907.

W. J. WALKER.

WATCH.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 19, 1906.

Fi- L To all whom t concern.-

v ally without chain or fob.

lWALTERl JAMES WALKER, OF CHICAGO, lLLINOIS.

t specification of Letters Patent.4

Appiimipn nea my 19.1906. serial No. 317,703.

Be it known that I, WALTER JAMEs lWALKER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, re-

siding at Chicago, in the county of'Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Watches, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention is a rim winding and setting watch Without stem or ring,and is particularly adapted for wrist and carriage watches, for use withevening dress, and for use gener- This forms a watch which can becarried in any ocket, which is t less apt to be stolen, and w ich isparticularly advantageous when the watch is to be set in an outer caseor cover, as in wrist or vehicle watches.

A special feature of the invention is a milled rim having an internalgear which meshes with the spring-barrel, which rim can be turned towind the spring. Also, by

means of a setting lever or rod a setting-gear can be thrown inoperation. t

In the accom anying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view wit .the caseremoved, showing sulicent of the watchworks to illustrate the invention.Fig. 2 is an edge view. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1, but withsetting-gear inaction. Fig. 4 is a detail in section.

Referring s ecifically to the drawings, 1 indicates the rim milled onthe outer or exposed edge and having an internal gear 1,

on the hand-post. When the rod 5 is pulled` out, it throws the gear 3 inmesh with ears 2 and 4, forming a setting-gear by whic the hands can beturned. Ordinary settingwheels are used with ratchet for reversing.

' The milled rim 1 fits snugly between rings 6, (see Fig. 4,) which aresecured to the front and back lates or tables 7 of the movement, the rins aving flanges 8, which are threaded at t e edge to receive thecrystals or the front and back plates of the watch.

Byholding the' body of 4the watch and y turning the milled rim theengagement of its internal gear With the spring-barrel gear winds thespring'. The manner of operating the setting-gear is described above.The absence of post, ring, or other projections is noticeable, forming asmooth and symmetrical Patented Feb. 5, 1907.

circular timepiece of convenient carriage and mani ulation.

I c aim-- v In a watch, the combination with the movement having aspring-barrel gear, and the plates of the case inclosing the same, of arotatable rim between the edges of the said plates, said rim having aninternal gear in mesh with the said spring-barrel gear, a setting-gear,and amovable rod carrying one of the wheels of the setting-gear at oneend and extending outside the case at the other end, and arranged toengage 'or disengage said setting-gear.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

I SIGNA FnLTsxoG, l H. G. BA'ronEEoa.

